Re: I2 with Solid Impact -- "main screen no turn on"

From: Nils Weller (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 18:48:04 GMT

In article <4131ab61$0$22817$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
Dafydd Williams wrote:
> On 2004-08-29 17:42:20 +1000, "UNIX admin" <tripivceta@hotmail.com> said:
>
>> I thought the 13W3 <---> HD15 adapter is supposed to take care of that?
>> This is just a vanilla PC bucket monitor; ultimately, I'd like to be able to
>> get a modern PC bucket flat panel display, but I don't know what to pick
>> that'll work with the I2?
>
> No such luck, I'm afraid. Trust me in this area: sync on green, or no
> dice. Basically, it's not the cabling that determines sync, it's what
> the monitor is built to support.
>
> I've been here before, a number of times. I can tell you what ~won't~ work:
>
> - Many Apple ColorSync monitors (perversely enough)
> - Apple Studio Displays of the weird blue or graphite frogleg format
> ~that use DiamondTron tubes from Mitsubishi~

I've also found the following (surprisingly long) list of sync-on-green
and non-sync-on-green monitors helpful:

http://playstation2-linux.com/sog.php 

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